chore!: remove helpers package

Conclusion of #458

Author: geyslan

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -4,15 +4,7 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: daily
-  # - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
-  #   directory: "/helpers"
-  #   schedule:
-  #     interval: daily
   - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: daily
-  # - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
-  #   directory: "/helpers"
-  #   schedule:
-  #     interval: daily

.github/workflows/pr.yaml

@@ -68,22 +68,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test libbpfgo
         run: |
           make libbpfgo-static-test
-  helpers-unit-tests:
-    name: Helpers Unit Tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        go-version: [ '1.18', '1.19', '1.20', '1.21', '1.22', '1.23', 'stable' ]
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
-      - name: Install Dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/actions/build-dependencies
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
-      - name: Test Helpers
-        run: |
-          make helpers-test-static-run
   self-tests:
     name: Selftests
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04

Makefile

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ BASEDIR = $(abspath ./)
 
 OUTPUT = ./output
 SELFTEST = ./selftest
-HELPERS = ./helpers
 
 CLANG := clang
 CC := $(CLANG)
@@ -162,25 +161,6 @@ selftest-dynamic-run:
 selftest-clean:
 	$(call FOREACH, clean)
 
-# helpers test
-
-.PHONY: helpers-test-run
-.PHONY: helpers-test-static-run
-.PHONY: helpers-test-dynamic-run
-
-helpers-test-run: helpers-test-static-run
-
-helpers-test-static-run: libbpfgo-static
-	cd $(HELPERS) && \
-		CC=$(CLANG) \
-		CGO_CFLAGS=$(CGO_CFLAGS_STATIC) \
-		CGO_LDFLAGS=$(CGO_LDFLAGS_STATIC) \
-		sudo -E env PATH=$(PATH) $(GO) test -v ./...
-
-helpers-test-dynamic-run: libbpfgo-dynamic
-	cd $(HELPERS) && \
-		sudo $(GO) test -v ./...
-
 # vagrant
 
 VAGRANT_DIR = $(abspath ./builder)

Readme.md

@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ Currently you will find the following GNU Makefile rules:
 | clean                    | cleans entire tree                |
 | selftest                 | builds all selftests (static)     |
 | selftest-run             | runs all selftests (static)       |
-| helpers-test-run         | runs all helpers tests (static)   |
 
 * libbpf dynamically linked (libbpf from OS)
 
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ Currently you will find the following GNU Makefile rules:
 | libbpfgo-dynamic-test    | 'go test' with dynamic libbpfgo   |
 | selftest-dynamic         | build tests with dynamic libbpfgo |
 | selftest-dynamic-run     | run tests using dynamic libbpfgo  |
-| helpers-test-dynamic-run | run helpers package unit tests using dynamic libbpfgo  |
 
 * statically compiled (libbpf submodule)
 
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@ Currently you will find the following GNU Makefile rules:
 | libbpfgo-static-test     | 'go test' with static libbpfgo    |
 | selftest-static          | build tests with static libbpfgo  |
 | selftest-static-run      | run tests using static libbpfgo   |
-| helpers-test-static-run  | run helpers package unit tests using static libbpfgo   |
 
 * examples